6-12 months — Blog — Baby Play Hacks

Washcloth Teething Tray

Washcloth Teething Tray 🦷 Combining a soothing teether with fine motor skill development makes this a definite win.

Play for Babies Heavily Mouthing 👅 Do you have a baby who is mouthing everything they can get their hands on? 😛 Mouthing typically peaks around 6 to 9 months and declines between 10 and 16 months.

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Sensory Sound Play

Sensory Sound Play🎵 Sensory play is an important way for babies and children to learn—sensory play enhances memory, develops problem-solving, builds neural connections, supports language development, and much more.

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Vestibular Processing

Vestibular Processing 🕺🏽 Motion is important for baby to develop her vestibular system, which helps her orient herself in space, balance, and coordinate her movements.

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Easter Egg Mobile

Easter Egg Mobile 🐣 Use your plastic Easter eggs to make back play and tummy time more fun for your little!

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Bead Bag

Bead Bag 🎉 This play idea is perfect for making tummy time interesting or including some sensory play in baby's day!

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Animal Match

Animal Match 🐑🐑 This is an easy way to practice matching without printing out or making matching cards!

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Tupperware Bin

Tupperware Bin 🧡 Babies and toddlers are fascinated by the simplest things! All you need to entertain baby is some Tupperware and some miscellaneous figurines.

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DIY Bead Maze

DIY Bead Maze 💫 Make a bead maze for your baby or toddler using just cardboard, pipe cleaners, beads and hot glue!

sitting babies, standing babies, toddlers, walking babiesHannah FathiApril 4, 20206-12 months, 12-18 months, toddlersComment

Magazine Cards

Magazine Cards 📮 Do you need a way to use up your old magazines or catalogs? This easy hack is fun for your baby and practically free!

tummy time, sitting babies, standing babies, walking babiesHannah FathiApril 4, 20200-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 monthsComment

Taste-Safe Finger and Bath Paint

Taste-Safe Finger and Bath Paint 🎨 This recipe looks a bit like watercolor, and is perfect for painting in the bath as well--fun for babies and toddlers!

sitting babies, standing babies, toddlersHannah FathiApril 4, 20206-12 months, 12-18 months, toddlersComment

DIY Magic Tissues

DIY Magic Tissues 💫 Does your baby looooove pulling tissues out of the box...and then eating the tissues? Replicate the experience of grabbing tissues one-by-one with just felt and a yogurt container!

Wrapping Bow Sticky Wall

Wrapping Bow Sticky Wall 🎁 This is a fun activity anytime, so save bows you get on presents to do this later if you don’t have bows now!

sitting babies, standing babies, toddlers, walking babies, crawling babiesHannah FathiFebruary 11, 20206-12 months, 12-18 months, toddlersComment

Ice Animals

Ice Animals 🐄 This is a fun twist on the ice hockey activity and it is great for babies and toddlers about 6 months and up.

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Hide and Toy Seek

Hide and Toy Seek 🧐 Empty your laundry basket and gather colorful toys like ball pit balls and scarves or fabric to obscure the toys.

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Bead Bag

Bead Bag 🧡 I have a slight obsession with water beads, I am not ashamed to admit it!

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Cereal Bin

Cereal Bin 🥣 This activity was a life-saver when Norah was sick!

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Water Painting

Water Painting 💦 Baby’s first experiences with art tend to be very messy, but this “art” has easy clean up, while still giving baby the chance to make marks and use a paintbrush.

crawling babies, sitting babies, standing babies, toddlers, walking babiesHannah FathiNovember 23, 201912-18 months, 6-12 months, toddlersComment